Tuesday, 3 January 2023
We sailed overnight to the "Big Island" of Hawaii - specifically the town of Hilo. For each of these overnight sails we would anchor offshore and then at dawn pull into port.
This is the volcano Mauna Kea with snow and observatories on top as the sun rises. It is almost 14,000 feet tall, making it the highest point in all of Hawaii. As all the islands of Hawaii are volcanos rising from the seabed if you measure height from the "ground" (in this case the seabed) then Mauna Kea is the biggest mountain in the world at 30,615 feet which is over 1,000 feet higher than Mount Everest!!!
We sailed overnight to the "Big Island" of Hawaii - specifically the town of Hilo. For each of these overnight sails we would anchor offshore and then at dawn pull into port.
This is the volcano Mauna Kea with snow and observatories on top as the sun rises. It is almost 14,000 feet tall, making it the highest point in all of Hawaii. As all the islands of Hawaii are volcanos rising from the seabed if you measure height from the "ground" (in this case the seabed) then Mauna Kea is the biggest mountain in the world at 30,615 feet which is over 1,000 feet higher than Mount Everest!!!
Our first stop was at the Sulphur Banks where volcanic gases and steam rise up from underground.
